Hopscotch is a fun game to play with your friends—the more players the better! You get to jump around, throw things, and just enjoy being outside in the wonderful fall weather.

Number of players: 2 or more.
How to win: Be the first to hop all the way through the grid.

How to play:
• Draw a hopscotch pattern on the ground or use masking tape on a floor (click here for 3 more patterns) and number each square in order. Each player has a marker such as a stone, shell, etc.

• Stand at the begining and toss your marker in the first square. Hop over square 1 (you must skip any square that has a marker in it) to square 2.

• Hop through the grid on one foot unless there are two squares side-by-side, then you jump landing with one foot in each square.

• Hop to the end, jump and turn around 180° without leaving the grid, and hop back.

• Pause in square 2 to pick up the marker, and out.

• Toss the marker in square 2, hop through the same way, then square 3 and so on.

Watch out! You're out if:
• Your marker fails to land in the right square.
• You hop on a space that has a marker in it.
• You step on a line.
• You lose your balance when bending over to pick up the marker and put a second hand or foot down or hop outside the grid.
• You hop into a single space with both feet.

You then place your marker in the square where you will resume playing and the next player begins.